Garment-holder.



1. NEN/SKY.

GARIVIENT HOLDER. l APPLICATION FILED IuNE 26. 1915r Patented Fell, 5, 19M

JACOB NEVSKY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARIVIENT-HOLDER.

Application filed .Tune 26, 1915.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB NnvsKY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment holders and more specifically to a device of this character designed for use in supporting the trousers of the wearer and for holding down the shirt of the wearer.

The object of thisinvention is the production of a device of the character mentioned which willv be of durable and economical construction, one which may be readily and easily applied and one which will be eflicient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

rlhe invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and'claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference `to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a garment holder embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on substantially line www of Fig. 1 showing the device in operative relation with a shirt and trousers, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on substantlally line g/-g/ of Fig. 1 showing the same in operative relation with a shirt and trousers.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing comprises an elastic belt 1 adapted when in use, to encircle the waist of the wearer. The ends of the belt 1 which meet at the front when the belt is worn are fastened together by a ball and socket fastening device, the ball part 2 of which is secured to one of said ends and the socket part 3 to the other of said ends as clearly shown in Fig. 3. When in use, the adjacent portion of the shirt of the wearer is adapted to be interposed between the ball and socket parts 2 and 3 of the fastening, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, whereby said fastening device will serve the double function of connecting the ends of the belt and of holding down the adjacent portion of the shirt of the wearer.

Spaced around the belt 1 at intervals is a plurality of vertically disposed straps 5,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 36,560.

the belt being provided with a slit 6 at each strap'in order to accommodate the same as clearly shown in Fig. 2. To the lowerends of said straps at the outer sides thereof are secured the ball parts 7 of ball and socket fastening devices, the socket parts 8 of said devices being secured to the inner side of the trousers 9 of the wearer at the waist band thereof. At the front side of the belt is also provided a ball part 7 of a ball and socket fastening device which is adapted for engagement with the socket part 8 of the fastening device which is properly positioned at the inner side of the trousers for engagement with said ball part as clearly shown in Fig. 3. With this arrangement it will be seen that the trousers of the wearer may be securely fastened to the belt 1 and in such a manner as to be adapted to be readily and easily disconnected when desired.

To the upper ends of the straps '5 are applied slotted plates 10 adapted, when the device is in use to engage with the adjacent portions of the shirt 4 of the wearer as clearly shown in Fig. 2 in order to serve as a means of holding down the shirt and at the same time serving to hold the belt in position against the weight or iniuence of the trousers with which the belt is connected. 'Ihus with a device of the construction set forth, it will be seen that a garment holder is provided which is adapted to serve the double function of supporting the trousers and of holding the shirt down in proper position.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a belt adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer; a plurality of vertically disposed flexible fabric straps spaced upon said belt; means on the lower ends of said straps for connecting the same and trousers of the wearer; and means on the upper ends of said straps for connecting the same with the shirt of the wearer, substantially as described.

2.1K device of the class described, comprising a belt adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer, a plurality of vertically disposed straps spaced upon said belt?, said straps eaclibeing formed of a strip of fleXible fabric doubled upon itself, said belt be ing slit adjacent each of said straps and one lap ofthe strap extending through the re* spective slit and the ends of the lapsof said straps .projecting below the lower edge of said belt and ysecured together, the upper ends of said strapbeing stitched tosaid belt copies of vrthis patent `may beobtained f or Vabove said slit forming a loop on the inner side of the belt, a shirt engaging element secured in said loop and fastening means on the outer face of the lower end of said straps for securing the saine to a pair of trousers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB NEVSKY.

lVitnesses ARTHUR A. OLSON, JOSHUA R. H. PoTTs.

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